Shloka 35

देवसत्रे मृत्युनिरोधः, पूर्वेन्द्राणां मानुषावतरणम्, द्रौपदी-वरकथनम्

Suspension of Death at the Devasatra; Former Indras’ Human Descent; Draupadī’s Boon Etiology

Devanagari script

वीराद्‌ दुर्योधनाद्‌ वान्य: शक्तः पातयितुं रणे । क्रियतामवहारो<स्माद्‌ युद्धाद्‌ ब्राह्मणसंवृतात्‌

Transliteration

vīrād duryodhanād vānyaḥ śaktaḥ pātayituṃ raṇe | kriyatām avahāro 'smād yuddhād brāhmaṇasaṃvṛtāt ||

Translation

毗湿摩波罗耶那说道：“除英勇的难敌（Duryodhana）之外，还有谁有力量在战斗中击倒（那样的战士）？因此，应当从这被婆罗门（brāhmaṇa）环绕的战场撤退。”

Word by Word

• {'vīrāt': 'from the hero

• than the heroic one (ablative sense in comparison)', 'duryodhanāt': 'from/than Duryodhana', 'vā': 'or', 'anyaḥ': 'another

• anyone else', 'śaktaḥ': 'able

• capable', 'pātayitum': 'to cause to fall

• to strike down', 'raṇe': 'in battle', 'kriyatām': 'let it be done

• should be undertaken (passive imperative)', 'avahāraḥ': 'withdrawal

• retreat', 'asmāt': 'from this', 'yuddhāt': 'from the battle', 'brāhmaṇa-saṃvṛtāt': 'enclosed/surrounded by brāhmaṇas'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Duryodhana
• raṇa (battlefield)
• yuddha (battle)
• brāhmaṇas